Civil Ceremonies

These initial arrangements - date, time and place will need your full attention.

For civil weddings, you should approach your local Superintendent Registrar, who will need to agree with you the date, time and location for your wedding.

You may need to spend some time securing dates when all the people concerned with your wedding can be certain of attending. For example, a civil ceremony involves not only the Superintendent Registrar responsible for the preliminary formalities and for conducting the ceremony but also requires the attendance of a Registrar of Marriages.

This officer will record the event in the official Marriage Register and will provide you and your partner with the all-important Marriage Certificate. Only if these two people are available at the same time on the date that you wish to marry can the ceremony take place.

Remember, if you have chosen a location for the wedding in an area in which neither of you live, you will need to make contact with the Superintendent Registrar there too.